NFL: Second games of TV doubleheaders bumped back

NEW YORK - Tim Tebow was leading the Broncos on yet another improbable last-minute comeback, and fans in New York, Dallas and other football-mad markets didn't get to see the end.

The NFL announced a scheduling change Thursday aimed at preventing such moments. The league is shifting the start time of the second game of its Sunday TV doubleheaders by 10 minutes to ensure fewer fans miss any of the action on the field.

The late-afternoon matchups on CBS and Fox will kick off at 3:25 p.m. instead of 3:15. Late games not on that week's doubleheader network will still start at 3:05.

During the 2009-11 seasons, 44 games lasted long enough to require part of the audience to be switched. Under the 3:25 kickoff, that number would have been reduced to 15.

Odds and ends

Pro Football Hall of Famer Len Dawson is being honored again in Canton as this year's recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. … The Vikings have signed defensive lineman Jeff Charleston to a one-year deal. … The Steelers have waived former Pitt linebacker Brandon Lindsey and signed former LSU linebacker Ryan Baker.

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